During the month of April, Decolonial Passage will be open to all genres as we invite submissions on the theme of ecology. Send us your poems, short stories, and creative nonfiction in which we see human beings interacting with their natural environment, plants, and animals and in which you take into consideration the arguments of decolonial ecology.
In his book Decolonial Ecology, Martinican environmental engineer Malcom Ferdinand states that “decolonial ecology is an ecology of struggle. Far from the environmentalism of Noah’s ark, which refuses the world and prolongs the dominations of the enslaved, decolonial ecology is a matter of challenging the colonial ways of inhabiting the Earth and living together. Confronting ecosystem destruction is then intimately linked to a demand for equality and emancipation. From the perspective of the imaginary of the slave ship, decolonial ecology is a rising up from the modern world’s hold… it is a matter of recognizing that the colonial relationship cannot be reduced to a relationship between groups of human beings. It also includes specific relationships to non-humans, to landscapes, and to lands through the colonial inhabitations of the Earth. This means that emancipation from colonial domination cannot be thought of only as a change in the relationship of humans to humans. It also implies a transformation of the colonial relationship to landscapes and to non-humans, including in its slave-making forms.”
For Issue #3, submit all genres in the one category designated "Issue #3." There is a 3500 word-count limit for short stories and 2500 for creative nonfiction and essays. One flash piece may be submitted at 800 words or less. Prose writers: Please indicate the genre of your piece on the first page of your submission. Poetry submissions are limited to 3 poems.
The submission deadline is April 30, 2026.